Jordan Mendoza – Uncommon Descent

Complex Specified Information Extraterrestrial life Intelligent Design UFOs

At Phys.org: NASA announces 16 people who will study UFOs to see what’s natural—and what isn’t

What would the UFO team decide if they were fed the genetic code from human DNA, perhaps disguised in a format that didn’t reveal it as such?

bornagain77 FP: "If it can be measured or observed then it is material. If it can’t, then it is immaterial. But,... – The Very Act of Affirming Materialism...
martin_r and here we go again "Dogma-Defying Bacteria" ... "...current concepts are reviewed..." "...uprooting current thinking...." "...latest findings contradict the current... – At Nature: “Dogma-defying bacteria package DNA...
martin_r Relatd, get this: Hexagonal comb building is traditionally known to have evolved twice in the order Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, sawflies,... – Why we keep seeing hexagons in...
martin_r Relatd @4 and this puffer fish went to school too ... 1 minute video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpdlQae5wP8 – Why we keep seeing hexagons in...
martin_r Relatd @4 And spiders went to Web Building School to learn complex web construction Not only that, at the same... – Why we keep seeing hexagons in...
Querius Ford Prefect @48, If it can be measured or observed then it is material. If it can’t, then it is... – The Very Act of Affirming Materialism...
Querius Chuckdarwin @187, Querius: [M]ultiple direct experimental results have confirmed quantum behavior for over a hundred years. Chuckdarwin: You are deliberately... – Harvard Astronomer: The wonders of the...
kairosfocus L&FP, 65b: “Understanding” Quantum Entanglement – with Philip Ball – L&FP, 65b: "Understanding" Quantum Entanglement -...
kairosfocus VL, try, quantum influences, as we know is a very real phenomenon from the particle beam double slit exercise. Thence,... – The Very Act of Affirming Materialism...
kairosfocus Math is a study of a substance, I find, best defined as [the study of] the logic of structure and... – Why we keep seeing hexagons in...
Papa_Giorgio I included your comment Martin_r in my post of the above: https://religiopoliticaltalk.com/richard-dawkins-is-30-years-behind-the-curve/ – Denis Noble debates Richard Dawkins: Is...
kairosfocus FP, interference and superposition are well known wave phenomena. Such are manifest with particles at molecular level, but -- as... – The Very Act of Affirming Materialism...
kairosfocus PM1, once one reduces to computation on a substrate, one is in a GIGO limited dynamic stochastic frame of blind... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
kairosfocus Origenes, when one observes Liquid He II or a superconductor, one is observing lab scale macro phenomena, that trace to... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
ram Querius is so taken in by arguments of reality and philosophy, and (contradictory) notions of bronze age philosophy and theology,... – Atheists vs Christians: Who makes the...
Pearlman That it requires tweaking is already a tell it's not the actuality, add to that the massive Dark Energy and... – At Big Think: Big Bang cosmology...
Ford Prefect Querius writes: Is constructive interference between probability waves material or immaterial? If it can be measured or observed then it... – The Very Act of Affirming Materialism...
Barry Arrington *sigh* I came back after a few hours hoping (I know, the triumph of hope over experience again) that our... – The Very Act of Affirming Materialism...
AnimatedDust Well, bye. – The Very Act of Affirming Materialism...
Querius Ford Prefect @30 and Viola Lee @31, Is constructive interference between probability waves material or immaterial? -Q – The Very Act of Affirming Materialism...
Querius Origenes @54, Good points. Theories abound, which is why I like to stick with the experimental results along with any... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...